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(Eagle News)–In these pictures released by Bong Go on Wednesday night, President Rodrigo Duterte, who is in Japan, is seen with Reps. Lord Allan Velasco and Martin Romualdez, and Congressman-elect Alan Peter Cayetano. The three are vying for the House speakership post. Conspicuously absent was Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, who has been very vocal about his intention to run for the speakership. Alvarez, who was reelected for another term in the May 13 polls, was Speaker […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Justice has found probable cause to indict lawyer Lorna Kapunan for slander. The two counts of the offense the DOJ recommended against Kapunan in court stem from the lawyer’s statements against University of Sto. Tomas College of Law dean Nilo Divina before the media. Kapunan had alleged Divina was coddling members of the Aegis Juris fraternity who were tagged in the death of UST freshman Horacio Castillo III. She also claimed […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s military has confirmed that Navy pilots were targeted with lasers during flights in the hotly contested South China Sea, with informal Chinese militia vessels believed to be behind the attacks. Beijing has become more assertive in the area, stoking tensions with rival claimants in Southeast Asia as well as Canberra and Washington — traditionally the dominant naval and air power in the Asia-Pacific region. The Australian Defence Force said “assets […]
The suspect in the killing of an octogenarian couple in Quezon City on Sunday, May 26, has died. A police report said Carl Joseph Alarin Bananola, 37, who was believed to have killed Nicolas and Leonora Austria, was dead on arrival in the East Avenue Medical Center on Wednesday, May 29, after he was shot by police when he grabbed the service firearm of his police escort while on board a police vehicle. The […]
Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Hawak na ng Quezon City Police District ang suspek sa pagpatay sa mag-asawang 86 anyos sa Novaliches noong Linggo. Nakilala ang suspek na si Carl Joseph Alarin Bananola, na nasa drug watchlist umano ng Barangay 17 sa Caloocan. Ayon kay National Capital Region Police Office chief Major Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, naaresto ang suspek sa 4th Avenue sa Maypajo, Caloocan kung saan katatapos lang daw ng suspek na gumamit ng droga. […]
Mar Gabriel Eagle News Service Hawak na ng Quezon City Police District ang suspek sa pagpatay sa mag-asawang 86 anyos sa Novaliches noong Linggo. Nakilala ang suspek na si Carl Joseph Alarin Banañola, 38, na nasa drug watchlist umano ng Barangay 17 sa Caloocan. Ayon kay National Capital Region Police Office chief Major Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, naaresto ang suspek sa 4th Avenue sa Maypajo, Caloocan kung saan katatapos lang daw ng suspek na gumamit ng […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — More than half of New Zealand’s public schools closed their doors on Wednesday amid a mass walkout by teachers over pay and conditions. The ministry of education estimated that almost 60 percent of schools were closed as some 50,000 teachers staged a “mega-strike”. “We didn’t want to be on strike, but we did it for the future of education in Aotearoa (New Zealand),” the country’s largest education union, NZEI Te […]
Canadian gov’t to shoulder shipment cost, Guevarra adds (Eagle News)–Canada’s trash will finally be shipped back to the North American country tomorrow, Thursday, May 30. This is according to Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, who was designated caretaker of the government with President Rodrigo Duterte on official visit to Japan. According to Guevarra, the container vans with the trash, which were shipped to the Philippines six years ago, will be loaded on vessels owned by three […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China warned the United States on Wednesday not to “politicize” the exchange rate of its currency amid a festering trade war between the two economic giants. The US Treasury declined to label China a currency manipulator in its latest semi-annual report but also called on Beijing to prevent the yuan from weakening. “We have always said here that we hope the US side will respect objective facts, market rules and […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Grace Poe on Wednesday, May 29, said she would join the minority if Senate President Tito Sotto is unseated as leader of the chamber and becomes a member of the bloc. “Oo. Kung lilipat si Senator Sotto sa minority, sasama nalang ako,” Poe, who won reelection as an independent candidate in the May 13 polls, said. According to Poe, if Sotto transfers to the minority, “masasabi kong mas lalakas ito.” So far, Minority […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, May 29, questioned the recent appointment as Customs deputy chief of a district collector who was probed for his alleged involvement in the shipment of illegal drugs in magnetic lifters last year. Lacson noted that in 2017, Vener Baquiran was one of those he identified as a bagman in the Customs department. At that time, Baquiran was district collector at the Manila International Container Port. Baquiran was sacked by […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday, May 29, said the tara system in the Bureau of Customs remains unchecked even as he vouched for the integrity of Customs chief Rey Guerrero. In a privilege speech, Lacson said among the Customs departments that continue to receive “grease money” were the intelligence unit (P3000 per container), the Imports Assessments Service (P2000 to P3000 per container) and the enforcement unit (P1000 per container). He said the Office of […]
